1973 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team

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The 1973 All-Pacific-8 Conference football team consists of American football players chosen by various organizations for All-Pacific-8 Conference teams for the 1973 NCAA Division I football season.^[1]

American football, referred to as football in the United States and Canada and also known as gridiron, is a team sport played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. The offense, which is the team with possession of the oval-shaped football, attempts to advance down the field by running with or passing the ball, while the defense, which is the team without possession of the ball, aims to stop the offense's advance and to take control of the ball for themselves. The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays; if they fail, they turn over the football to the defense, but if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs to continue the drive. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponent's goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins.

The Pac-12 Conference is a collegiate athletic conference that operates in the Western United States, participating in 24 sports at the NCAA Division I level. Its football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision, the higher of two tiers of NCAA Division I football competition.

The 1973 NCAA Division I football season was the first for the NCAA's current three-division structure. Effective with the 1973–74 academic year, schools formerly in the NCAA "University Division" were classified as Division I. Schools in the former "College Division" were classified into Division II, which allowed fewer athletic scholarships than Division I, and Division III, in which athletic scholarships were prohibited.

Offensive selections

Quarterbacks

Mike Boryla, Stanford

Running backs

Anthony Davis, USC
Kermit Johnson, UCLA

Wide receivers

Lynn Swann, USC
Bill Singler, Stanford

Tight ends

Russ Francis, Oregon
Jim Obradovich, USC

Tackles

Booker Brown, USC
Ed Kezirian, UCLA

Guards

Steve Klosterman, UCLA
Steve Ostermann, Washington State

Centers

Geoff Reece, Washington State

Defensive selections

Defensive ends

Fred McNeill, UCLA
Roger Stilwell, Stanford

Defensive tackles

Reggie Lewis, Oregon

Middle guard

Monte Doris, USC

Linebackers

Fulten Kuykendall, UCLA
Tom Poe, Washington State
James Sims, USC
Richard Wood, USC

Richard Marlon Wood is a former American football All-American linebacker who played for the New York Jets and Tampa Bay Buccaneers of the National Football League (NFL). He was the team captain and leading tackler of the Buccaneers' early teams, coached by John McKay.

Defensive backs

Jim Bright, UCLA
Steve Donnelly, Oregon [safety]
Jimmy Johnson, UCLA
Artimus Parker, USC [safety]
Randy Poltl, Stanford

James Bright is a former American football safety in the World Football League for the Southern California Sun. He played college football at UCLA.

James Earl Johnson is a former American football player and track athlete.

Artimus L. Parker was an American football safety who played for four seasons in the National Football League. He played for the Philadelphia Eagles from 1974 to 1976 and the New York Jets in 1977. He was drafted by the Eagles in the 12th round of the 1974 NFL Draft. He played college football at USC.

Special teams

Placekicker

Rod Garcia, Stanford

Key

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References

↑ "Five Cardinals All-Pac-8". The Times, San Mateo. December 3, 1973. p. 16.

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[1] "Five Cardinals All-Pac-8". The Times, San Mateo. December 3, 1973. p. 16.

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